I'm a huge fan of your Pride and Prejudice works and would love to see updates on any of them, especially "Subsequent Connections." I don't know how many times a day I visit your Google site to see if you've updated it.
The Pride and Prejdice family chart
anonymous
September 16 2009, 10:50:37 UTC
I am sorry to tell you that you need to do the Family chart again for Pride and Prejdice is not set between 1811 to 1812 for in a book about Miss Jane Austen it says that it was dated between 1799 to 1800
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Re: The Pride and Prejdice family chartelizabeth_hootSeptember 17 2009, 07:08:22 UTC
Please forgive me for not knowing what on earth you're talking about. This entry has nothing to do with family charts, and I don't recall making any in the last year, at least. I will, however, try to respond to the points I do understand.
(1) There is not and has never been any critical agreement on the question of which precise years P&P should be imagined to take place in, though I personally favour the 1790s (and argued for it a few months ago). The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, for instance, favours the 1811-1812 timeline. I disagree with it, as I prefer to consider and judge the evidence for myself, rather than blindly follow a particular critic.
I don't know what specific book you're talking about, so I can't say whether it's reliable or not. I do believe Austen's own letters - which, incidentally, you might instructive - are reliable, and she clearly refers to revising P&P later than the date you suggest
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Re: The Pride and Prejdice family chart
anonymous
September 17 2009, 23:33:30 UTC
How dare you say that i do not know what i am talking about and you say that you have read every book on Miss Jane Austen well have you heard of this book called Jane Austen fashion by Penelope Byrde for i think you should look at page 24 and then tell me if i am wrong about the year the book was set
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(1) There is not and has never been any critical agreement on the question of which precise years P&P should be imagined to take place in, though I personally favour the 1790s (and argued for it a few months ago). The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, for instance, favours the 1811-1812 timeline. I disagree with it, as I prefer to consider and judge the evidence for myself, rather than blindly follow a particular critic.
I don't know what specific book you're talking about, so I can't say whether it's reliable or not. I do believe Austen's own letters - which, incidentally, you might instructive - are reliable, and she clearly refers to revising P&P later than the date you suggest ( ... )
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